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ADDRESS  OF  THE  BISHOP 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity: 

Again  in  the  love  and  service  of  the  Master  we  look  one 
another  in  the  face  at  this  onr  annual  gathering.  Since 
our  last  meeting  we  have  lost  an  unusual  number  of  our 
Clergy  by  removals  to  other  Dioceses,  and  have  gained  as 
many  by  removals  to  us,  and  by  Ordination.  But  none  of 
our  Clergy  have  been  called  away  by  death,  nor  have  we  lost 
by  death,  so  far  as  I  know,  any  layman  attending  our  Con- 
vention of  1921. 

We  are  assembled  in  one  of  the  new  churches  of  the 
Diocese,  and  one  of  the  most  beautiful.  It  has  been  con- 
secrated only  within  the  year  covered  by  this  report.  It 
was  the  noble  conception  of  the  Rector  Emeritus,  and  owes 
its  beauty  chiefly  to  his  tine  taste  and  courageous"  enterprise, 
which  urged  him  to  an  undertaking  which  to  many  seemed 
beyond  the  power  of  the  congregation  to  accomplish.  But 
to  the  present  Rector  and  his  enthusiastic  supporters  must 
be  given  the  credit,  and  very  great  credit  it  is,  of  raising 
the  money  for  completing  the  payment  for  the  church,  in  the 
midst  of  a  financial  depression  which  would  have  defeated 
less  loyal,  self-sacrificing,  and  generous  souls.  To  old  and 
young,  to  Rector  Emeritus  and  Rector,  we  offer  our  felicita- 
tions upon  the  erection  and  consecration  of  so  noble  and  beau- 
tiful an  expression  of  their  devotion  to  the  cause  of  Christ 
and  His  Church. 

An  interesting  observation  to  be  made  in  this  connection, 
is  that  whereas  at  my  Consecration  as  Bishop  in  October, 
1893,  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  was  the  only  stone  church 
within  the  limits  of  the  present  Diocese  of  North  Carolina, 
there  are  now  thirteen.  I  may  also  mention  that  within 
this  same  time  and  within  the  same  limits  fifty-five  new 
churches   have   been   built,   and  of   these   thirty-five   are   at 

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6.     The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent.    Visitations. 

11  a.  m.     Louisburg,  St  Paul's  Church.     Confirmed  one 
person,    preached,    and    administered    the    Holy    Com- 
munion. 
7:30  p.  m.    Kittrell.  St.  James  Church:     Preached. 
9.     Attended   meeting  of   the   Executive    Committee    of   the 
Convocation  of  Raleigh. 
13.     The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

9:15   a.   m.     Pinehurst:      Administered   tb.9   Holy   Com- 
munion. 
11  a.  m.     Southern  Pines,  Emmanuel  Church,  confirmed 
15  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion 

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4  p.  m.  Sanford,  St.  Thomas'  Church.  Preached,  and 
confirmed  2  persons. 

16.     Raleigh:   Attended  meeting  of  Trustees  of  the  St.  Nich- 
olas School. 

20.     Palm  Sunday.     Raleigh.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Christ  Church.  Preached,  confirmed  22  per- 
sons, made  an  address,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

5  p.  m.  St.  Mary's  Chapel.  Preached,  and  confirmed 
5  persons. 

22.     7:45  p.  m.     Raleigh,  St.  Saviour's  Chapel.     Visitation. 

Preached,  and  confirmed  8  persons. 
27.     Easter  Day.     Raleigh.     Visitation. 
Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
11   a.   m.     Consecrated   the   Church:     Administered   the 

Holy  Communion. 
8   p.    m.     In   same   church,    preacher   and    confirmed    13 
persons. 

April       1.     8  p.  m.     Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd. 
Visitation.     Confirmed  11  persons,  made  an  address. 

3.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter.    Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Ringwood,  St.  Clement's  Church.  Confirmed 
one  person,  preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

8  p.  m.     Battleboro,   St.   John's  Church.     Preached. 

4.  Enfield,  Church  of  the  Advent.     Visitation. 
8  p.  m.    Preached,  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

5.  Littleton,  St.  Alban's  Church.     Visitation. 

8  p.  m.     Preached,  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

6.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

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points  where  before  we  had  had  no  church.  The  building 
of  material  houses  is  not  of  itself  necessarily  spiritual 
growth  or  gain.  It  does,  however,  in  fact  indicate  spiritual 
vitality,  and  is  an  outward  evidence,  we  may  trust,  of  in- 
ward devotion  to  the  service  of  our  Master,  and  a  means  of 
bearing  our  witness  to  the  world  about  us. 

A  summary  of  my  official  ministrations  is  as  follows : 

Jan.         1.     Feast  of  the  Circumcision. 

Raleigh,  Christ  Church  Chapel:     Administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

13.  Raleigh:  Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of 
St.  Mary's  School. 

27.  Attended  meeting  of  Special  Committee  of  the  Diocesan 
Convention,  to  consider  organizing  Executive  Council 
of  the  Diocese. 

30.     Sexagesima  Sunday. 

Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:     Confirmed  one 
person. 

Feb.         1.     Concord:     All  Saints'  Churchy     Annual  meeting  of  the 
Convocation  of  Charlotte:     Officiated  at  opening  ser- 
vice 7:30   p.   m.,  and  attended  meeting  of  Executive 
Committee. 
2.     Feast  of  the  Purification. 

Officiated  at  the  morning  and  evening  services,  and  pre- 
sided in  the  business  sessions  of  the  Convocation. 
4.     Mount  Airy,  Trinity  Church.     Visitation. 

7:30  p.  m.  Preached  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

6.  Quinquagesima  Sunday.    Visitations. 

8:  a.  m.    Milton,  Christ  Church:     Administered  the  Holy 

Communion. 
11  a.  m.     In  same  Church,  preached  and  confirmed  one 

person. 
7:30  p.  m.  Reidsville:     St.  Thomas'  Church,  preached. 

7.  Winston:     St.  Paul's  Church.     Visitation. 

7:30  p.  m.     Preached. 

8.  3:30  p.  m.     In  Winston  City  Hospital:     Confirmed  sick 

man. 
7:30  p.  m.     In  St.  Paul's  Church,  preached:     Confirmed 
11  persons. 

9.  Ash  Wednesday.     In   same  Church,   11  a.  m.,   preached 

and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Preached. 

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10.  Germanton,  St.  Philip's  Church:   Visitation. 

Severe  weather  and  rain  made  services  in  the  church 
impracticable.    Visited  the  people  in  their  homes. 

11.  Charlotte:  9  a.  m.,  attended  meeting  of  Executive  Com- 

mittee of  Thompson  Orphanage. 
4   p.  m.     Burlington,    Church   of   the   Holy    Comforter: 

Preached. 
8J  p.  m.     In   same  church,  preached. 

12.  8  p.  m.     In  same  church,  preached. 

13.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent.     Visitations. 

11    a.    m.     In      same    church,      preached:     Confirmed    6 
persons  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:45  p.  m.    Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church,  preached  and 
confirmed  24  persons. 

17.  Oxford,    St.    Stephen's    Church.      Visitation.      Preached, 

and  confirmed  6  persons. 

18.  4:30  p.  m.     In  same  church,  preached. 
8  p.  m.,  preached. 

19.  10:30  a.  m.     In  same  church,  preached. 

20.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent. 

3  p.  m.     Winston:     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

22.  Raleigh,   in  the   Supreme  Court  Room:      Presided  at  a 

meeting  of   the   State   Historical   Society,   to   receive 
Portrait  of  the  late  General  Wm.  R.  Cox. 

23.  11  a.  m.     Took  part  in  Examination  of  a  Candidate  for 

Orders. 
4:45  p.  m.    Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of 
St.  Mary's  School. 

24.  St.  Matthias'  Day.    Warrenton.     Visitation. 

7:30  p.  m.     Emmanuel  Church,  preached  and  confirmed 
7  persons. 

25.  11  a.  m.  Ridgeway,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd.     Visi- 

tation.    Preached,   and   administered   the   Holy  Com- 
munion. 

27.     The   Third   Sunday  in   Lent.     Visitations.     Henderson, 
11   a.   m.,   Church   of   the   Holy    Innocents:      Preached, 
confirmed  8  persons  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
7:30  p.  m.     St.  John's  Church,  and  confirmed  2  persons. 

March    4.     Middleburg,  Church  of  Heavenly  Rest.     Visitation. 

The  Priest  in  charge  being  indisposed,  I  said  Evening 
Prayer,  and  made  an  address. 

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8.    West  Durham,  St.  Joseph's  Church.    Visitation.' 
7:30  p.  m.    Preached,  and  confirmed  9  persons. 

10.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitation. 
11  a.  m.     Chapel  Hill,  Chapel  of  the  Cross: 

Preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     In  same  church,  preached  and  confirmed  3 
persons. 

11.  Roxboro.     In   the    Presbyterian    church.     Preached    and 

confirmed  2  persons. 
15.     Southern  Pines:    Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

8:30  p.  m.    Hamlet,  All  Saints'  Church.     Visitation. 
I  baptized  an  infant,  preached,  and  confirmed  6  per- 
sons. 

17.  The  Third  Sunday  after  Easter.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.    Union  County,  St.  Timothy's  Church,  preached. 
5:30  p.  m.  Monroe,  St.  Paul's  Church.    Baptized  an  adult. 
7 :  30    p.   m.     In   same   church,    preacher!    and    confirmed 
one  person. 

18.  Charlotte,  Chapel  of  Hope.     Visitation. 

7:30  p.  m.    Confirmed  9  persons  and  preached. 

19.  Charlotte,  the  Thompson  Orphanage. 

10  a.  m.    Annual  meeting  of  Board  of  Managers. 

11  a.  m.     Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin.     Visitation. 
Made  an  address,  confirmed  11  pupils  of  the  institution, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

20  Winston-Salem,  St.  Paul's  Church:  Attended  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Diocesan  Branch  of  the  Woman's 
Auxiliary. 

4:15  p.  m.  Conducted  a  service  in  Commemoration  of 
the  Faithful  Departed,  specially  of  the  late  Mrs.  Mary 
McBee  Hoke,  President  of  the  Diocesan  Branch. 

8  p.  m.  In  the  same  church,  said  Evening  Prayer,  and 
made  an  address  to  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

21.  10  a.  m.    Attended  the  fore-noon  session  of  the  Woman's 

Auxiliary. 
7:45  p.  m.     Lexington,  Grace  Church.     Visitation. 
Preached,   and   confirmed  3   persons. 

22.  Charlotte,    12   m.      Inspected   the   Buildings    of   the   St. 

Michael's  School. 
24.     The  Fourth  Sunday  after  Easter.    Visitation.    Charlotte. 

11  a.  m.  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter.  Preached, 
confirmed  10  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

8  p.  m.  St.  Martin's  Church.  Preached  and  confirmed 
17  persons. 


25.  St.  Mark's  Day.    Visitation. 

Wadesboro,  Calvary  Church.  7:30  p.  m.  Preached,  con- 
firmed 8  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

26.  Ansonville,  All  Souls'  Church.     Visitation. 
8  p.  m.,  preached. 

27.  Rockingham,  Church  of  the  Messiah.     Visitation. 
Severe  storm  made  it  impossible  to  have  the  appointed 

service. 

28     Salisbury,  St.  Paul's  Church.     8  p.  m.,  preached. 

29.  Cleveland,  Christ  Church.  Participated  in  the  Celebra- 
tion of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Parish. 

10:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

2:30  p.  m.  Conducted  brief  service  assisted  by  the 
Clergy  present.  An  interesting  and  valuable  address 
on  the  history  of  the  Parish,  was  delivered  by  the 
Rev.  Robt.  Bruce  Owens. 

May         1.     The   Fifth   Sunday  after   Easter.     Feast   of   SS.   Philip 
and  James.     Visitation.     Pittsboro. 
11    a.   m.      St.    Bartholomew's   Church.     Preached     con- 
firmed one  person,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

10.  One  hundred  and  fifth  annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese. 
Durham.     St.  Philip's  Church. 

7:30  a.  m.     St.  Philip's  Church  and  St.  Titus'  Church. 

I  administered  the  Holy  Communion   in   St.  Philip's 
Church  and  Bishop  Delany  in  St.  Titus'. 

10  a.  m.    Called  the  Convention  to  order. 

11  a.  m.  Morning  Prayer  assisted  by  the  Clergy.  Ser- 
mon by  the  Rev.  Robt.  E.  Roe. 

3  p.  m.     Presided  in  the  business  session. 
8  p.  m.     Read  my  annual  address;  the  Suffragan  Bishop 
and  the  Archdeacons  also  presented  their  reports. 

11.  7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion.     Pre- 

sided  during  the   day   in  the  business   sessions   and 
officiated  at  the  8  p.  m.  service. 

12.  7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Communion.     Pre- 

sided  during  business   session   until    adjournment   at 

II  a.  m. 

21.  Examined  Candidates  for  Priests'  Orders. 

22.  Trinity  Sunday.     Raleigh. 

11  a.  m.  Christ  Church:  Advanced  two  Deacons  to  the 
Priesthood,  preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

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8  p.  m.  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:  confirmed  3 
persons. 

24.  11  a.  m.    Attended  annual  Commencement  of  St.  Mary's 

School. 
12   m.     In   St.   Mary's   Chapel:      Conducted   the   closing 

service,  and  delivered  the  diplomas  to  the  graduating 

class. 
3  p.  m.     Presided  in  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board 

of  Trustees  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

25.  10  a.  m.    Presided  at  the  annual  Commencement  of  St. 

Augustine's  School. 

27.  Charlotte,  St.  Peter's  Parish  House. 

8  p.  m.  Delivered  an  address  on  the  history  of  St. 
Peter's  Church  from  1863  to  1893. 

28.  10  a.  m.     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of 

the  Thompson  Orphanage. 

29.  The  First  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Charlotte. 

This  being  the  day  appointed  for  the  Consecration  of 
St.  Peter's  Church  and  I  being  confined  to  my  bed  by 
a  sudden  and  rather  severe  indisposition,  the  Rt. 
Rev.  Kirkman  G.  Finley,  Bishop  Coadjutor  of  South 
Carolina,  at  my  earnest  request,  acted  for  me  in 
consecrating  the  church,  and  also  in  administering 
Confirmation  at  8  p.  m.,  at  which  service  26  persons 
were  confirmed. 

June  1.  Raleigh,  2  p.  m.  I  this  day  held  a  meeting  of  the 
Diocesan  Executive  Committee,  together  with  repre- 
sentatives of  the  other  Diocesan  Committees  and 
Commissions  charged  with  the  several  departments 
of  our  diocesan  work. 
8-p.  m.  In  the  auditorium  of  St.  Mary's  School,  I  made 
an  address  before  St.  Mary's  Conference. 

2.  Henderson,    Church    of    the    Holy    Innocents.      Special 

visitation.     8  p.  m.     Confirmed  3  persons,  and  made 
an  address. 

3.  Attended    meeting    of   the    Executive    Committee    of    St. 

Mary's  School. 

5.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Tarboro,  Calvary  Church:  Confirmed  25 
persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Lawrence,  Grace  Church:  Confirmed  12 
persons. 

6.  8  p.  m.    Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church:     Special  visita- 

tion.    Confirmed  7  persons,  and  made  an  address 


24.     St.  John  Baptist's  Day. 

12:30  m.     Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee 
of  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 
1:30    p.    m.      Conference    with    above    Committee    and 
Archdeacon    Hardin,    also    Rev.    Bertram    E.    Brown, 
upon  missionary  work  of  the  Diocese. 
26.     The  fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Raleigh,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd. 
11  a.  m.     Ordained  a  Deacon.     Administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

July      21.     Iredell  County,  St.  James'  Church:     Visitation. 

11  a.  m.  Preached,  confirmed  4  persons  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion. 

22.  Mecklenburg   County,    St.    Mark's    Church. 
8:30  p.  m.     Took  part  in  the  service. 

23.  7:30  p.  m.     In  same  church,  took  part  in  the  service. 

24.  The  Ninth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  In  the  same  church:  Preached,  confirmed  5 
persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8  p.  m.  China  Grove,  Ascension  Church:  Preached, 
and  confirmed  5  persons. 

25.  St-.  James'  Day. 

8  p.  m.  Salisbury.  St.  Paul's  Church:  Visitation. 
Preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 

26.  12  m.     Salisbury:     Confirmed  sick  man  in  private. 

3  p.  m.  Rowan  County.  St.  Matthew's  Church:  Visita- 
tion.    Made  an  address. 

27.  12:30    m.      Raleigh:       Conference    with    the    Standing 

Committee. 
29.     12    m.      Attended    meeting   of   Executive    Committee    of 

the  Convocation  of  Raleigh. 
31.     The  Tenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.    Visitations. 

11    a.    m.      Williamsboro,    St.    John's    Church:  ■  Admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 
3   p.  m.     In  same  church:      Evening  Prayer. 
8:30  p.  m.   Townesville,  Holy  Trinity  Church:    Preached, 
and  confirmed  6  persons. 

Aug.         1.     Stovall,    St.    Peter's    Church:      Visitation. 

8:30  p.  m.     Made  an  address,  and  confirmed  2  persons. 

2.  10:15  a.  m.     Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:      Confirmed 

one  person. 

3.  Cleveland,  Christ  Church:      Visitation. 

11  a.  m.  Confirmed  8  persons,  administered  the  Holy 
Communion,  and  made  an  address. 


7:30  p.  m.  Cooleemee,  Church,  of  the  Good  Shepherd; 
Visitation.   Made  an  address,  and  confirmed  4  persons. 

4.     Woodleaf,  St.  George's  Chapel:     Visitation. 
3:30  p.  m.     Preached. 

7.     The  Eleventh  Sunday  after   Trinity.     Visitations. 

11:30  a.  m.     Cunningham,  Chapel:     Preached,  confirmed 

one  person,  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8    p.    m.      Yanceyville:       Preached     in    the    Methodist 
church. 

9.     Mayodan,  Church  of  the  Messiah:     Visitation. 
8  p.  m.     Preached,  and  confirmed  14  persons. 

14.     The    Twelfth    Sunday   after    Trinity. 

Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church. 

11  a.  m.  In  the  absence  of  the  Rector,  I  said  Morning 
Prayer,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

Sept.      15.     Winston-Salem,    St.    Paul's    Church:       Officiated    at    a 
marriage. 

16.     Greensboro:      Had   a   conference  with  members   of  the 
Vestry  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  High  Point. 

29.    Feast  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels. 

Raleigh,  St.  Augustine's  Chapel,  11:15  a.  m.  Took 
part  in  the  opening  services  of  the  academic  year,  and 
made  an  address. 

Oct.'        2.     The  Nineteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 

11  a.  m.  Reidsville,  St.  Thomas'  Church:  Preached, 
confirmed  3  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Rockingham  County,  St.  Andrew's  Mission: 
Confirmed  5  persons. 

7:45  p.  m.  Leaksville,  Church  of  the  Epiphany: 
Preached  and  confirmed  4  persons. 

3.     Spray,    St.    Luke's    Church:       Visitation. 

7:45  p.  m.  Preached,  confirmed  10  persons,  and  made 
an  address. 

5.  Walnut    Cove,    Christ    Church:      Visitation.      Preached, 

and  confirmed  8  persons. 

6.  Mount    Airy,    Trinity    Church:      Visitation.      Preached, 

and  confirmed  5   persons. 

9.     The  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Raleigh. 

Christ  Church:      One   hundredth  anniversary   of  the 
Parish. 
7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the  Holy  Cominunion. 

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11   a.    m.     Officiated    at   Morning   Prayer,    The    sermon 

was  preached  by  Bishop  Gailor. 
8   p.   m.     I   delivered   an   address   on  "The   Rectors   of 

Christ    Church." 

10.  11   a.   m.     Christ   Church   Parish   House:      Consecrated 

the    Chapel    as    the    "Chapel    of    the   Annunciation," 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

11.  Northampton    County,    St.    Luke's    Church:     Visitation. 

Preached,  and  confirmed  6  persons. 

12.  Roanoke     Rapids,     All     Saints'     Church:        Visitation. 

Preached,  and   confirmed   21  persons. 

15.  In  Salisbury,  married  a  couple. 

16.  The   Twenty-first  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 
11   a.   m.     Salisbury,   St.  Peter's   Church:      Preached   a 

sermon,  memorial  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Murdoch,  con- 
firmed   7    persons,   and   administered    the   Holy   Com- 
munion. 
7:30  p.  m.    St.  Luke's  Church:     Preached,  and  confirmed 
8  persons. 

17.  Davie    County.    Church    of    the    Ascension:      Visitation. 

Preached,  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

18.  Lexington,  Grace  Church:     Preached. 

23.     The   Twenty-second   Sunday   after   Trinity.     Visitation. 

11  a.  m.  Hillsboro,  St.  Matthews  Church:  Confirmed 
2  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

3:50  p.  m.  Orange  County,  St.  Mary's  Church: 
Preached. 

30.  Statesville,    Trinity    Church:      Visitation.      Preached. 

31.  Salisbury:     Confirmed  a  sick  man  in  private. 

Nov.         3.     Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church:     Officiated  at  a  marriage. 

6.  The  Twenty-fourth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 
11  a.  m.     Greensboro,  Holy  Trinity  Church:     Confirmed 

6    persons,    made    an    address,    and    administered   the 

Holy  Communion. 
5  p.  m.     St.  Mary's  Chapel:     Made  an  address. 
7:30    p.   m.      St.   Andrew's    Church:    Made   an    address, 

confirmed  8  persons. 

7.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church:     Visitation.     Confirmed 

4  persons.     After  the  service  had  a  conference  with 
the  vestry. 

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9.     Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd. 

9:30  a.  m.     Conference  on  Nation-wide  Campaign.     Ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
10:30  a.  m.     Participated  in  the  Conference. 

10.  Jackson,  Church  of  the  Saviour,  7:30  p.  m.     Visitation. 

Preached. 

11.  Weldon,     12     m.       Armistice     Day     Celebration.       De- 

livered the  address  at  Mass  Meeting. 
7:30   p.    m.      Halifax,    St.    Mark's    Church:      Visitation. 
Made  an  address,  and  confirmed  3  persons. 

13.  The   Twenty-fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity.     Visitations. 
11  a.  m.     Weldon,  Grace  Church:     Preached,  confirmed 

12  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
2:45  p.  m.     In  same  church,  baptized  an  infant. 
7:30  p.  m.     Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church:    Preached, 

and  confirmed  4  persons. 

14.  8  p.  m.    Had  conference  with  vestry  of  Trinity  Church, 

Scotland  Neck. 

20.     The  Sunday  next  oefore  Advent. 

11  a.  m.     Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church:     Said  Morning 
Prayer,  the  Rector  being  absent,  and  made  an  address. 

23.     12:30    m.      Attended    meeting   of   Executive    Committee 
of  St.  Mary's  School. 
2:30  p.  m.     Conference  with  representatives  of  Church 
of  the  Messiah,  Rockingham,  and  All  Saints',  Hamlet. 

25.     Old  Sparta,  St.  Ignatius  Chapel:     Visitation.    Preached 
and  confirmed  3  persons. 

27.  The  First  Sunday  in  Advent.     Visitations. 

Tarboro  Calvary  Church,  7:30  a.  m.     Administered  the 

Holy  Communion. 
11   a.   m.     In   same   church:      Preached,   confirmed   10 

persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
3    p.    m.      Edgecombe    County,    St.    Matthew's    Church: 

Confirmed  5  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

28.  7:30.     Tarboro,  Calvary  Church:     Confirmed  one  person. 

29.  3:30   p.   m.     In  the   Chapel   of  Calvary   Church,   had  a 

conference  with  the  Rector  and  vestry  of  St.  Luke's 
Church,  Tarboro. 

Dec.         1.     Spring  Hope,    St.    Jude's   Church:      Visitation. 
8  p.  m.    Preached,  and  confirmed  2  persons. 

2.     Battleboro,  St.  John's  Church:     Visitation. 
7:30  p.  m.     Preached. 

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4.     The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent.     Visitations. 

11  a.  in.     Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 
Preached,  confirmed  25  persons,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Wilson,   St.  Timothy's  Church:      Preached, 
confirmed    one    person. 
9.     Oxford,   St.   Stephen's   Church:      Visitations.     Preached, 
and    confirmed   7   persons. 
11.     The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent.     Visitations. 

11    a.    m.      Duke,    St.    Stephen's    Church:       Preached, 
confirmed  9  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
7  p.  m.     Smithfield,  St.  Paul's  Church:     Preached,  and 
confirmed  5  persons. 

22.     Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church:    Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

29.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

30.  3   p.   m.     Raleigh:      Attended   meeting  of  the   Trustees 

of  St.  Nicholas'   School. 


My  services  outside  the  Diocese  during  the  year  1921  were 
as  follows : 

Jan.  20.  In  Trinity  Church,  Columbia,  S.  C,  I  officiated  at  the 
Consecration  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Kirkman  G.  Finley,  as 
Bishop    Coadjutor    of    South    Carolina. 

^une       12.     The   Third  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

At  Sewanee,  Tennessee,  I  took  part  in  the  Commence- 
ment Sunday  services  of  the  University  of  the  South., 
and  Tuesday,  June  14th  participated  in  the  Com- 
mencement  Exercises. 

June       19.     The  Fourth  Sunday  after   Trinity. 

In  St.  James'  Church,  Hendersonville,  District  of  Ashe- 
ville,  I  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 

Sept.        4.     The  Fifteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

In  the  Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Valle  Crucis,  District  of 
Asheville,  I  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 

11.     The  Sixteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

At  Blowing  Rock,  in  the  Stringfellow  Memorial  Church 
of  St.  Mary  of  the  Hills,  I  assisted  the  minister  in 
charge  at  the  morning  and  evening  services,  and 
preached  at  the  latter. 

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Oct.       25-26-27.     I  was  in  attendance  upon  the  Provincial  Synod  in 
Savannah,   and   participated   in   its   services   and   ses- 
sions. 
30.     The    Twenty-third    Sunday    after    Trinity.. 

In  All  Souls'  Church,  Biltmore,  District  of  Asheville, 
the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  my  service  in  Con- 
secrating the  Church,  the  Twenty-third  Sunday  after 
Trinity,  1896,  I  preached  the  sermon — as  I  had 
preached  at  the  Consecration. 

Nov.       28.     In    Washington,    St.    Peter's    Church,    Diocese    of    East 
Carolina,  I  officiated  at  a  funeral. 

During  the  past  year  I  have  officiated  within  the  Diocese  at  145 
services;  have  administered  the  Holy  Communion  42  times; 
preached  82  sermons;  made  24  addresses;  baptized  one  adult  and 
two  infants;  ordained  two  Priests  and  one  Deacon.  I  officiated  at 
3  marriages  and  5  funerals.  I  confirmed  559  persons.  Bishop 
Delaney  reports  36  confirmations,  and  the  ordination  of  one  Deacon; 
so  that  the  total  ordinations  during  the  year  were  two  Deacons 
and  two  Priests;  and  the  total  confirmations  were  595.  I  also 
consecrated  3  churches 

The  following  is  a  more  complete  record  of  the  ordinations 
by  me  during  the  year : 

May  22nd,  Trinity  Sunday,  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  I  ad- 
vanced to  the  Priesthood,  the  Rev.  Howard  Stetler  Hartzell,  and 
the  Rev.  Jadi  Levi  Martin.  The  candidates  were  presented  by  the 
Rev.  Sidney  S.  Bost.  I  preached  the  sermon.  There  were  also 
present,  assisting  in  the  services,  the  Rev.  I.  McK.  Pittinger,  D.  D., 
the  Rev.  Julian  E.  Ingle,  the  Rev.  Milton  A.  Barber,  and  the  Rev. 
Boston  M.  Lackey.  All  the  Presbyters  present  united  with  me  in 
the  Imposition  of  Hands. 

June  26th,  being  the  Fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  in  the  Church 
of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh,  I  ordained  to  the  Diaconate  Francis 
Augustus  Cox.  The  candidate  was .  presented  by  the  Rev.  I.  McK. 
Pittinger,  D.  D.,  the  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Beverley  D. 
Tucker,  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia.  Archdeacon  Duncan,  the  Rev. 
Julian  E.  Ingle,  the  Rev.  Warren  W.  Way,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  A. 
Ashby  were  also  present  assisting  in  the  services. 

During  the  year  1921,  and  up  to  May  1st,  1922,  we  have 
lost  from  our  Clergy  List  the  following : 

1.  Rev.  Phillips  S.  Gilman,  to  Tennessee,  June  1st,  1921. 
■  2.  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Hudson,  to  West  Va.,   June  1st,   1921. 
3.  Rev.  E.  G.   Small,  to  Washington,  June  1st,  1921. 

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4.  Rev.  A.  Burtis  Hunter,  D.  D.,  to  "Churches  in  Europe,"  July 
14th,  1921. 

5.  Rev.  Norvin  C.  Duncan,  to  Asheville,  August  1st,  1921. 

6.  Rev.  Lester  L.  Rose,  to  West  N.  Y.,  Aug.  1st,  1921. 

7.  Rev.  A.  Whitfield  Cheatham,  to  Pittsburgh,  Sept.  1st,  1921. 

8.  Rev.  Louis  S.  Rotter,  to  Virginia,  December  31st,  1921 

9.  Rev.  John  B.  Gibble,  to  E.  Carolina,  March  31st,  1922. 
10.  Rev.  Robt.  Ewell  Roe,  to  New  Jersey,  April  1st,  1922. 

During  the  year  1921,  and  to  May  1st,   1922,  we  have 
gained : 

By  ordination: 

1.  Rev.  Francis  A.  Cox,  Deacon,  June  26th,  1921. 

2.  Rev.  Bravid  W.  Harris,  Deacon,  December  18th,  1921. 

3.  Rev.  William  B.  Crittenden,  Deacon,  March  19th,  1922. 
By  Letters  Dismissory: 

1.  Rev.    Thos.    N.    Lawrence,    Priest,    from    South    Carolina,    May 
27th„  1921. 

2.  Rev.   Francis  H.   Craghill,  Priest,  from  S.  W.  Va.,  June  30th, 
1921. 

3.  Rev.    John    L.    Peckham,    Priest,    from    New   York,    November 
22nd,  1921. 

4.  Rev.  John  F.  Hamaker,  Priest,  from  Alabama,  December  21st, 
1921. 

5.  Rev.  H.  Norwood  Bowne,  Priest,  from  Asheville,  January  11th, 
1922. 

6.  Rev.  Eugene  L.  Henderson,  Priest,  from  Pa.,  January  16th,  1922. 

7.  Rev.  Wilmot  S.  Holmes,  Priest,  from  S.  C,  April  7th,  1922. 

The  Candidates  for  Orders  are : 
George  Crummel  Pollard. 
Ford   Winfield   Rochelle. 
Lewis   Robert   Anschutz. 

The  Postulants  are: 

William  Arthur  Lillycrop. 
John  David  Foster. 
Andrew  Dallam  Milstead. 
Henry  Cornelius  Hester. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  are  the  same  as  last  year 
with  the  following  changes  : 

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The  Rev.  Thomas  N".  Lawrence  is  Rector  of  All  Saints 
Church,  Concord. 

The  Rev.  Francis  H.  Craighill  is  Rector  of  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd,  Rocky  Mount,  and  has  been  assigned 
charge  of  St.  John's  Church,  Battleboro,  and  St.Luke's, 
Spring  Hope. 

The  Rev.  John  L.  Peckham  is  assistant  to  the  Rev.  Rertram 
E.  Brown  in  Tarboro  and  the  Edgecombe  Missions. 

The  Rev.  John  L.  Hamaker  is  Rector  of  Calvary  Church, 
Wadesboro,  and  has  charge  also  of  All  Soul's  Church,  Anson- 
ville. 

The  Rev.  H.  Norwood  Bowne  has  succeeded  the  Rev.  Thos. 
L.  JSTott  as  Rector  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  High  Point. 

The  Rev.  Eugene  L.  Henderson  has  taken  charge  of  St. 
Titus'  Church,  our  Colored  Mission  in  Durham. 

The  Rev.  Wilmont  L.  Holmes,  April  1,  1922,  became  Rec- 
tor of  Grace  Church,  Lexington,  as  successor  to  the  Rev.  A. 
Whitefield  Cheatham,  transferred  to  Pittsburgh. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Crittenden,  just  ordained  Deacon,  con- 
tinues the  work  in  our  colored  Missions,  St.  Philip's,  Salis- 
bury, and  Holy  Cross,  Statesville,  which  he  had  been  serving 
as  Catechist  before  his  Ordination. 

The  Rev.  Francis  A.  Cox,  immediately  after  his  Ordina- 
tion, went  out  to  China  as  a  Missionary  in  the  Diocese  of 
Shanghai. 

The  Rev.  ISTorvin  C.  Duncan,  having  resigned  his  work  as 
Archdeacon  of  Raleigh  and  removed  to  Morganton  in  the 
District  of  Asheville,  I  appointed  the  Rev.  Morrison  Bethea 
Archdeacon  of  Raleigh,  and  Mr.  Bethea  has  removed  to  Ral- 
eigh, and  is  entering  with  much  promise  of  success  and  accep- 
tance upon  his  work  as  Archdeacon. 

The  Rev.  Edward  W.  Baxter  has  accepted  a  call  to  St. 
Timothy's  Church,  Wilson,  and  is  just  entering  upon  that 
work. 

The  Rev.  Cortez  R.  Cody  has  removed  from  Duke,  and 
has  charge  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Monroe,  and  of  St.  Tim- 
othy's, Warren  County.  .; 

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The  Rev.  Howard  S.  Hartzell  has  removed  from  Smithfield, 
and  has  been  put  in  charge  of  the  Church  of  the  Messiah, 
Rockingham,  and  All  Saints'  Hamlet. 

The  Rev.  IsT.  Collin  Hughes  has  resigned  the  rectorship  of 
St.  Paul's  Louisburg,  but  for  the  present  retains  charge  of 
St.  James',  Kittrell. 

The  Rev.  Thos.  L.  Trott  has  resigned  St.  Mary's  Church, 
High  Point,  and  has  been  put  in  charge  of  St  Paul's  and  St. 
Peter's  Churches,  Salisbury. 

Our  losses  during  the  year  have  been  about  balanced  by  our 
gains.  On  the  whole  I  believe  we  are  better  supplied  with 
clergy  than  are  most  of  our  Dioceses,  but  we  are  much  hin- 
dered in  our  work  for  lack  of  an  adequate  supply  of  good 
men.  We  need  at  present  three  or  four  men  for  new  work. 
Our  work  is  in  most  parts  of  the  Diocese  undermanned.  One 
clergyman  has  to  do  very  inadequately  work  which  would 
keep  two  or  three  well  employed;  and  opportunities  on  all 
sides  are  not  taken  advantage  of  because  we  have  no  laborers 
to  send  into  neglected  parts  of  the  field.  This  lack  is  partly 
supplied  by  the  increasing  zeal  and  activity  of  our  laymen. 
Nothing  in  the  recent  experience  of  the  Church  has  been  more 
gratifying,  or  more  full  of  promise  for  the  future  of  our  work, 
than  the  readiness  of  all  laymen  to  cooperate  in  missionary  en- 
deavor. We  have  not  fully  developed  or  appreciated  this 
source  of  strength  and  efficiency.  Only  here  and  there  in  the 
Diocese  clo  we  find  a  clergyman  who  seems  to  be  using  to  its 
full  this  element  of  power  in  aggressive  work.  But  there  is 
a  very  definite  limit  to  the  sphere  of  the  lay  missionary,  and 
the  work  of  the  Church  can  never  be  done,  nor  its  mission  ac- 
complished, without  the  ministrations  of  those  wholly  given 
and  ordained  to  the  ministry  of  the  Word  and  Sacraments.  We 
sadly  need  more  clergymen,  and  in  this  day  of  growing  in- 
terest and  devotion  among  our  lay  people,  when  men  and  wo- 
men are  showing  in  so  many  ways  zeal  and  devotion  and  a 
generous  liberality  in  every  department  of  our  Church  activi- 
ties, let  me  remind  you,  my  brethren  of  the  laity,  of  one  duty 
and  opportunity  which,  it  seems  to  me,  you  not  only  neg- 
lect, but  seem  almost  wholly  to  forget.  In  the  first  days  of 
the  Church,  upon  the  very  morrow  after  Pentecost,  we  might 

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almost  say,  where  the  Apostles  in  Jerusalem  needed  men  for 
the  ministry,  their  appeal  was  to  the  laity  to  find  and  to  bring- 
forward  proper  candidates  for  holy  orders :  "Look  ye  out 
among  you  those  whom  we  may  put  over  this  business/'  was 
the  way  in  which  the  Apostles  went  about  the  work  of  re- 
cruiting men  for  service  of  the  Church.  I  think  we  clergy- 
men in  some  respects  have  been  too  willing  to  take  upon  our- 
selves the  responsibilities  of  the  laity;  and  laymen,  in  some 
respects,  are  willing  to  have  it  so.  I  sometimes  think  that  the 
clergy  are  too  ready  to  assume  responsibilties  of  financial 
management  which  certainly  are  the  special  function  of  the 
laity.  And  in  this  matter  of  looking  out  for  suitable  men 
for  the  ministry,  the  whole  burden  is  left  to  the  clergy.  If 
We  could  infuse  into  the  consciousness  of  the  laity  a  sense  of 
their  duty  and  responsibility  in  this  matter,  might  we  not 
see  a  change  for  the  better?  I  am  much  inclined  to  think 
that  here  is  one  direction  in  which  we  might  turn  our  en- 
deavors. When  all  our  people  feel  their  responsibility  in 
this  matter,  they  will  find  out  a  way  of  discharging  their 
duty  and  of  sending  forward  their  best  men  for  the  work  of 
the  ministry.  No  subject  demands  more  immediate  and  ear- 
nest attention  than  this.     Here  lies  one  great  field  for  effort. 

I  cannot  refrain  from  saying  that  the  general  condition  of 
the  Diocese  seems  to  me  to  be  most  hopeful.  Our  parochial 
and  missionary  clergy  all  seem  zealous  and  aggressive,  and 
both  men  and  women  throughout  the  Diocese  seem  increas- 
ingly responsive  to  the  demands  of  our  church  work  in  all 
its  departments.  Though  the  year  just  passed  has  been  one 
of  business  depression,  yet  that  depression  has  certainly  not 
affected  the  spirit  of  our  people.  Not  even  do  our  finances 
seem  to  show  any  falling  off  in  the  maintenance  of  our  local 
enterprises  and  institutions.  In  the  results  of  the  Nation- 
wide Campaign  is  the  only  mark  of  failure  to  come  up  to  the- 
full  measure  of  our  financial  responsibility.  And  I  cannot 
help  feeling  that  this  partial  failure  was  caused  by  the  fact 
that  so  very  large  a  majority  of  the  Dioceses  throughout  the 
country  seemed  to  have  made  no  real  effort  to  enter  into  the 
scheme  proposed.  Had  all  the  Dioceses,  or  the  greater  part 
of  them,  entered  vigorously  into  the  Nation-wide  Campaign, 

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and  raised^  at  least  approximately,  their  quotas,  it  would  not 
have  been  difficult  to  keep  up  the  interest  and  liberality  of 
our  people.  All  would  have  felt  that  the  whole  Church  was 
rising  to  a  high  conception  of  responsibility  and  of  duty. 
There  would  have  been  a  general  feeling  that  we  were  united 
in  lifting  the  Church  to  a  higher  plane,  and  that  all  were  en- 
deavoring to  do  their  just  part.  But  when  seven  or  eight 
Dioceses  alone  did  their  full  part,  and  perhaps  half  the  whole 
number  did  less  than  one  half  of  their  just  share,  it  became  a 
practical  hardship  and  injustice  upon  those  who  had  paid 
their  quotas  in  full.  Under  these  circumstances  we  could  not, 
with  our  best  endeavors,  hold  our  people  up  to  the  high  stand- 
ard of  their  first  year's  achievement.  In  the  whole  Church  only 
Texas  and  the  Virginia  Dioceses  paid  up  their  quotas  for 
1921.  But  the  Fourth  Province  still  heads  the  list  of  the 
Provinces  as  paying  the  highest  per  cent  of  the  quota  of  the 
Province  as  a  whole,  and  the  Diocese  of  JSTorth  Carolina,  hav- 
ing paid  eighty-five  per  cent  of  its  quota,  heads  the  Dioceses  of 
this  Province. 

Again  we  are  called  upon  for  a  new  effort  to  realize  the 
ideal  set  before  us  in  this  Nation-wide  Campaign.  Again 
we  must  respond  loyally,  and  do  our  part.  Certainly  we 
must  all  recognige  how  much  we  have  already  gained  by  what 
we  have  attempted  in  the  past.  It  must  be  possible  to  make 
the  whole  Church  realize  the  tremendous  character  of  the 
issues  now  before  the  Church  and  the  world ;  and  every  noble 
work  nobly  attempted  takes  us  a  step  forward  in  the  path  to- 
wards better  things  for  the  Church  and  for  the  world.  In 
our  General  Convention,  to  meet  in  Portland,  Oregon,  Sep- 
tember 6th,  the  Church  will  address  itself  to  the  task  of  unit- 
ing all  Dioceses  in  a  Xation-wide  Campaign,  and  whatever 
our  leaders  devise  for  the  better  doing  of  the  Church's  work, 
I  feel  sure  we  in  ISTorth  Carolina  shall  do  our  best  to  carry 
through  to  success. 

The  most  important  work  of  the  Diocese  is  its  missionary 
work.  This,  under  our  diocesan  organization,  is  committed 
to  our  convocations,  working  under  their  several  Archdeacons, 
Bishop  Delany  being  both  the  Bishop  and  the  Archdeacon  of 
our  colored  missionary  work.  He  and  the  Archdeacons  of  Ral- 

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eigh  and  of  Charlotte,  will  lay  before  you  some  brief  account 
of  the  condition  of  our  diocesan  missionary  work. 

Our  institutional  work  will  also  be  brought  before  you  in 
the  reports  of  the  officers  and  administrative  boards  of  St. 
Mary's  School,  the  Thompson  Orphanage,  St.  Augustine's 
School  and  our  several  Church  Hospitals.  These  all  demand 
our  continued  sympathy  and  support.  But  it  is  most  grati- 
fying to  see  how  very  greatly  our  work  has  developed  and 
strengthened  along  all  these  lines.  St.  Mary's  School  was 
never  so  prosperous.  The  effort  to  raise  funds  for  its  im- 
provement and  its  ultimate  endowment,  is  still  continuing, 
and  has  already  produced  large  results,  both  in  improving 
the  property,  and  in  making  a  fine  beginning  for  a  perma- 
nent endowment.  The  Thompson  Orphanage  has  been  very 
largely  benfittecl,  in  handsome  new  buildings  and  in  greatly 
increased  permanent  income,  by  the  loving  interest  of  its 
many  friends  as  well  as  by  the  liberal  provision  made  by  the 
Dioceses  concerned  with  maintenance.  Very  large  and  ex- 
pensive improvements  and  additions  are  being  made  to  St. 
Peter's  Hospital,  Charlotte ;  also  to  the  Good  Samaritan  Hos- 
pital in  the  same  city.  And  in  Raleigh  during  the  past  few 
months  a  popular  subscription  of  over  forty  thousand  dollars 
has  been  made  for  St.  Agnes  Hospital  for  Negroes  in  connec- 
tion with  St.  Augustine's  School.  All  these  institutions 
seem,  by  their  good  work,  to  be  making  a  place  for  themselves 
in  the  minds  of  the  public  and  in  the  hearts  of  our  church 
people,  so  that  in  a  manner  they  are  gradually  providing  for 
their  own  support.  Certainly  in  our  annual  Conventions  we 
feel  much  more  confidence  and  much  less  anxiety  in  regard  to 
their  proper  support  and  development. 

There  is  no  subject  which  commands  at  this  time  more  gen- 
eral attention  than  the  subject  of  education.  Our  Presiding 
Bishop  and  Council  are  pressing  upon  us  our  duty  in  this 
Department  of  our  Church  work.  We  have  in  the  past  often 
attempted  great  things,  and  often  we  have  failed.  At  this 
time  the  very  noblest  of  our  educational  projects,  in  all  the 
history  of  our  American  Church,  stands  at  the  dividing  of 
the  ways,  hesitating,  as  it  were,  between  failure  and  success. 
And  this  Convention  at  its  present  session  must  take  action 

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which  may  be  decisive  as  to  which  path  must  be  trod.  I 
will  not  speak  of  all  the  great  hopes  and  noble  lives  which 
have  gone  to  make  the  past  and  the  present  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  the  South  at  Sewanee.  Something  of  this  you  know. 
You  know  that  this  Diocese  was  concerned  in  its  original  es- 
tablishment, and  that  it  was  the  vision  of  two  great  North 
Carolina  Churchmen,  Bishop  Polk  and  Bishop  Otey.  You 
know  that  this  Convention  has  time  and  again  put  itself  on 
record  as  recognizing,  its  responsibility,  and  in  effect  pledging 
itself  to  do  its  duty  by  that  institution.  The  university  now 
calls  upon  us  to  do  our  recognized  duty,  and  thereby  enable  it 
to  set  its  foot  upon  the  upward  road  to  permanent  security 
and  ultimate  success.  Its  attempt  two  years  ago  to  raise  a 
fund  of  one  million  dollars  as  a  permanent  endowment  was 
in  a  great  measure  successful.  Seven  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars or  thereabouts,  was  pledged  on  behalf  of  the  constituent 
Southern  Dioceses.  The  General  Education  Board  now  pro- 
poses to  add  the  sum  of  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  to  the 
endowment,  on  condition  that  the  Dioceses  complete  their 
full  quota.  They  have  further  agreed  that,  if  the  delinquent 
Dioceses  will  assume  the  obligation  of  these  unsubscribed  bal- 
ances, the  Board  will  recognize  their  action  as  securing  the 
full  amount,  and  will  thereupon  make  the  promised  donation 
of  three  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Our  unsubscribed  bal- 
ance is  nineteen  thousand  dollars  ($19,000).  The  proposi- 
tion before  this  Convention  is  that  we  should  assume  the  ob- 
ligation of  paying  this  sum,  and  thus,  humanly  speaking, 
secure  the  permanent  establishment  and  the  ultimate  success 
of  the  noblest  enterprise  for  Christian  Education  ever  under- 
taken by  our  Church  in  its  history. 

There  is  another  important  enterprise  to  which  this 
Convention  has  committed  itself,  and  upon  which  I  think  we 
should  in  a  measure  concentrate  our  efforts  at  this  time.  We 
must  all  have  been  impressed  by  the  great  development  of 
the  work  of  our  State  University  at  Chapel  Hill.  It  is  already 
in' my  judgment,  the  greatest  of  our  Southern  institutions 
of  learning,  and  promises  a  much  greater  development  in  the 
immediate  future.  The  Church  must  be  prepared  to  exercise 
its  proper  influence  in  this  great  intellectual  centre.     Our 

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facilities  for  church  work  are  wholly  inadequate  to  the  pres- 
ent need.  Plans  made  twelve  months  ago  are  found  already 
to  have  become  useless  in  view  of  the  actual  situation.  A  com- 
mittee appointed  a  year  ago  will  doubtless  lay  before  you  a 
scheme  of  larger  dimensions.  I  shall  not  go  into  details.  I 
ask  your  careful  attention  to  this  subject  and  I  believe  you 
will  give  your  support  to  the  broadest  and  most  liberal  plans 
to  meet  the  great  duty  and  opportunity  now  before  us.  In  a 
manner  I  may  say  that  the  first  great  problem  presented  to 
me  in  my  administration  of  the  Diocese,  was  the  problem  of 
St.  Mary's  School.  We  took  that  up  bravely  in  the  face  of 
much  doubt  and  some  opposition,  and  by  God's  blessing  upon 
our  efforts,  St.  Mary's  School  is  now  what  it  is — the  largest 
and  most  important,  and  most  successful  Church  School  for 
girls  in  our  whole  National  Church.  I  have  not  many  years 
of  effective  service  to  look  forward  to,  and  I  think  I  should 
like,  as  I  near  the  close  of  my  administration,  to  see  a  great 
and  beautiful  Church,  Parish  House,  and  all  needed  appoint- 
ments, established  at  Chapel  Hill.  As  our  sister  Dioceses 
were  joined  with  us  in  the  establishment  of  St.  Mary's  School, 
so  East  Carolina  and  Asheville  will  doubtless  respond  to  our 
action  in  this  matter,  and  become  sharers  in  the  honor  of 
making  adequate  provision  for  the  worship  and  work  of  the 
Church  at  the  seat  of  our  State  University. 

Another  matter  I  feel  that  I  must  mention.  The  report  of 
the  Diocesan  Treasurer  shows  a  new  account  opened  by  him, 
and  the  disbursements  during  the  last  half  of  the  year  1921 
of  over  five  thousand  dollars  in  the  missionary  work  of  the 
Diocese.  This  is  derived  from  a  most  munificent  trust  es- 
tablished by  a  layman  of  this  Diocese  whose  earnest  desire 
was  that  as  little  publicity  as  possible  should  be  given  to  his 
act.  I  explained  to  him  that,  as  this  money  had  to  be  spent 
and  to  be  accounted  for,  it  was  not  possible  to  avoid  making 
public  his  most  generous  provision  for  our  Diocesan  work.  I 
may  add  that  not  only  does  our  Diocesan  missionary  work  re- 
ceive this  most  liberal  support,  but  St.  Mary's  School,  the 
Thompson  Orphanage  and  our  work  at  Chapel  Hill,  are  gen- 
erously provided  for  in  the  same  munificent  way,  with  other 

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charitable  work  in  the  state,  and  similar  work  in  the  District 
of  Asheville,  and  also  important  educational  interests  of  a 
more  general  character.  I  cannot  help  adding  that,  so  far  as 
my  knowledge  extends,  there  has  been  hardly  such  another 
example  of  generous  and  judicious  giving  anywhere  in  the 
country,  even  in  this  day  when  the  wealthy  men  of  our  coun- 
try have  done  so  much  in  devoting  their  wealth  to  the  service 
of  the  public,  as  these  noble  benefactions  of  Mr.  Lawrence  S. 
Holt. 

I  must  ask  the  Clergy  and  People  of  the  Diocese  to  heed 
the  call  which  comes  to  us  from  our  suffering  fellow  Chris- 
tians in  the  countries  of  Western  Asia,  the  cradle  alike  of 
the  human  race  and  of  Christianity.  I  know  that  you  have 
not  been  heretofore  inattentive  to  their  cry.  Many  of  you 
have  been  giving  generously  for  their  relief.  But  our  Presid- 
ing Bishop  and  other  Church  authorities  are  anxious  to 
arouse  a  more  general  interest  and  cooperation  in  the  work  of 
the  '"Near  East  Relief"  Committee ;  and  at  their  request  I 
have  appointed  the  Rev.  Milton  A.  Barber,  of  Raleigh  as  the 
special  representative  in  this  Diocese  of  the  Near  East  Relief 
Association. 

And  now  only  one  word  in  conclusion.  Three  years  ago 
in  connection  with  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  my  Conse- 
cration as  Bishop,  and  when  I  had  just  entered  upon  the 
seventieth  year  of  my  natural  life,  I  asked  this  Convention  to 
advise  me  whether  the  necessities  or  the  wishes  of  the  Diocese 
called  for  greater  or  better  Episcopal  service  and  supervision. 
The  Convention  very  kindly  assured  me  that  they  thought 
there  existed  at  that  time  no  necessity  or  desire  for  any  other 
such  services  than  I  was  able  to  give.  I  am  now  three  years 
older,  and  having  taken  counsel  with  the  Standing  Committee, 

1  feel  that  I  ought  to  ask  the  Convention  to  consider  whether 

2  Bishop  Coadjutor  should  not  be  elected  and  consecrated  for 
the  Diocese.  I  am  assured  both  by  my  friends  and  by  my 
physicians  that  I  should  in  some  considerable  degree  lessen 
my  habitual  exertion.  I  cannot  do  this  without  diminu- 
tion of  Episcopal  supervision  and  ministration.  Such  dim- 
inution would,  I  am  persuaded,  be  for  the  disadvantage  of 

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our  work.  I  ask  therefore  that  this  Convention  take  into 
consideration  the  state  of  the  Diocese,  with  reference  to  the 
proper  supply  of  Episcopal  service,  and  that  they  take  such 
action  as  the  situation  may  seem  to  demand. 

Jos.  Blount  Cheshire. 


[This  account  does  not  include  "Specials,"  nor  other  sums  ivliich 
merely  p«ss  through  the  Bishop's  hands  to  a  designated  object; 
nor  the  detailed  disbursements  of  the  appropriation  from  the 
General  Treasury  for  our  Colored  Work.] 

RECEIPTS 

Cash  on  hand  January  1,  1921 $  812.95 

The    Bishop's    collections 937.88 

The  Woman's  Auxiliary: 

From   Mrs.   Burwell    $  534.94 

From  Mrs.   King    5.50 

All  Saints',  Concord   10.00 

550.44 

Special  Donation: 

Wm.  A.  Erwin 100.00 

Education  Fund: 

Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Leaksville    2.00 

St.   Luke's   Church,   Spray    2.00 

4.00 

Miscellaneous:  $2,405.27 

Pension  premiums  returned    $     31.00 

Loan  repaid,  Rev.  N.  C.  Duncan   100.00 

Chapel   of   the    Cross,    Chapel    Hill,    for    colored 

work     51.70 

Christ   Church,  Raleigh,  for  same    28.28 

Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Leaksville,  for  same  .  .         2.00 

Loans  returned,  Wm.   L.  Wall,  Treas 550.00 

Loans  returned,  St.  Matthias'  Church,  Louis- 
burg     12.18 

— : ■     775.16 

Withdrawn  from  Savings  Account,  principal.  . .  .     500.00 
Withdrawn  from  Savings  Account,  interest....       20.30 

■     520.30 

Sale   of   lot    in   Henderson 1000.00 

Holt  Fund  for  Chapel  in  Henderson 390.52 

Henry  M.  London,  Treas.  for  colored  work 500.00 

Lewis  B.  Franklin,  Treas.,  by  error 100.00 


$5691.25 


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DISBURSEMENTS 

Diocesan  Missions,  White: 

Rev.    Sanford   L.   Rotter    50.00 

Travelling   expenses,   Rev.   J.   R.   Mallett 50.00 

Travelling  expenses,  Rev.  Edwin  A.  Osburne.  . . .  25.00 

Rev.  Reuben  Meredith   ' 50.00 

Rev.  Chas.   F.  Westman    50.00 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hardin    50.00 

Rev.  J.  Levi  Martin   60.00 

Rev.  John  H.  Crosby   100.00 

Rev.  Lewis  N.   Taylor 25.00 

Automobile  for  Edgecombe  Missions    50.00 


510.00 

Diocesan  Missions,  Colored: 

To  supplement  appropriation  from  General  Treasury..  974.00 
Education  Fund: 

Rev.  Alfred  S.  Lawrence  for  student  in  University.  . .  .       50.00 


$1,534.00 
Church  Building  Fund: 

Lot  for  colored  mission,  Henderson 995.00 

Lot  for  Macclesfield  Mission 175.00 

Street    assessment,    Mooresville 40.50 

Toward  Chapel  at  Old  Sparta 100.00 

Chapel  Colored  Mission,  Henderson 500.00 

Enlarging    rectory,    Mayodan    350.00 

Repairing  church,  Elm  City 100.00 

On  acct.  lot  in  Salisbury 100.00 

2360.50 

Miscellaneous: 

Special  grant  to  teacher,   St.   Augustine's 250.00 

Pension  premiums  for  Clergy 31.00 

Cheque   book 3.25 

Loan,  Rev.  Roger  E.  Bunn 75.00 

Loan,  Rev.  Norvin  C.  Duncan 100.00 

Loan  Convocation  of  Raleigh 550.00 

Discount   on  note    10.10 

Travelling  expenses,  Rev.  N.  C.  Duncan. 19.00 

1038.35 


$4,932.85 
Balance  on  hand  December  31,  1921 758.40 

$5,691.25 


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00034004933 

FOR  USE  ONLY  IN 
THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  COLLECTION 


Form  No.  A-368,  Rev.  8/95 


